THE SPIRIT OF ANCESTORS ✨|
one of the many little things that have travelled across the globe with me
is my great grandmother’s miniature psalm book
only nine by six centimetres
black velvet, golden pages
the letters too small for eyes to read
no, this was a psalm book to be red from the heart
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it was a gift to me from my grandmother Ruth
as I was baptised
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my great grandmother Johanna Bohman (born Jeppsson), was born 100 years and 10 days before me
she received the psalm book as an engagement gift in 1897
in Tranås, Sweden
and here I hold it in my hand
121 years later
in Australia
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magical, when I think of it... 💫
FREEDOM IN THE SKY 🦅 |
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it’s waited, patiently, for a year
but finally, my Bird of Freedom has found it’s new sky
on the main bedroom wall
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I bought it a few years ago
I’d just left the real estate’s office with a signed contract for my last apartment
much poorer than hours before
and in the flow of spending money
I went into the @saltmotion gallery
and gave myself an indulgious celebration gift:
a picture I’ve seen the first time years earlier and always liked
it represented freedom to me
and - which made me feel childishly rebellious - my ex didn’t like it
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it took me a day, with various creative solutions and trips to Bunnings, to get it up
leaving the wall behind it looking like a Swiss cheese
but now it’s there
flying again
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#freedom
#saltmotiongallery #interiordesign #photographyart #overexposed
PAPER WONDERLAND |
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i’ve been waiting for that rainy day
that would inspire me to dive into administration:
pay bills, register expenses, do my taxes, answer those not so urgent emails…
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and today it came, that rainy day
that STORMY day
so I rearranged my office
and here I am, on the floor
surrounded by paper, receipts and labelled folders:
‘hey hey action’
‘I need you soon’
‘maybe I’ll need you someday’
getting lost in Paper Wonderland
finding photos, notes and postcards
taking memory lane to my tax return
